Crochet-ball holder



W. LEHMANN.

CROCHET BALL HOLDER.

APPLICA'HON FILED JULY 12' I920.

' Patenwd Aug. 2, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. A

WERNER LEHMANN, 0? LOS ANG-EIiES, CALIFORNIA.

CROCHET-BALL HOLDER.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that I, lVnnNnnLnHMANN, a citizen ofSwitzerland, (who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States,) residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new anduseful Crochet-Ball Holder, of which the follow manner upon the standard. The wires exin is a specification.

My invention relates to the art of crochet-,

ing being more particularly a holder upon which the crochet ball is supported during the crocheting operation. The principal object of my invention is to produce a device of the character described of simple form and construction which will hold the crochet ball during the unwinding of the ball, the ball being free to rotate during the unwinding operation. p

Other objects and-advantages'will appear hereinafter from the following specification and drawings.

Referringto the drawings which are for illustrative purposes only,

Figure 1 is a side view of a holder embodying a form of my invention showing the ball mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 is a sectionalplan view on line 22, Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3, Fig. 2, and I Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the frame forming a. part of the holder.

A crochet ball, as indicated at 11, is usually formed with a central opening 12 extending therethrough, this opening being formed by a hollow core of cardboard or a similar material indicated; at 13, the thread indicated at 14 being wound upon such cardboard to form the ball. The core 13 does not extend entirely through the ball so that during the winding operation a portion of the thread forms slight bulges 15 at the ends of the core.

The holder consists of two parts, a supporting member generally indicated at 17 and a frame indicated at 18. The supporting member consists of a flat base 20 upon which is formed a hollow standard 21 which extends upwardly therefrom. The hollow standard 21 is provided with a central bore 22 which extends downwardly from the upper end of such standard, the upper face of the standard being rounded, as indicated at 23, for the purposes hereinafter described.

The frame in the form shown consists of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A11 2, 1 921.

Application filed July 12, V

1920. Serial No. 395,516.

tend downwardly from that portion of the wires forming the arms to form ,legs,29,

such wires being looped, as indicated at 27, thence extending upwardly, being bent-outwardly at their upper ends' to form prongs,

as indicated at 28.

The holder is used in the followingmanner: i

The legs are pressed inwardly so that, the prongs may readily enter the-opening in the ball, and, after being:insertedltherein; the pressure of the hand is relieved. and ,the

legs spring outwardly so as to engage thelower edge of .the inside of the ball as shown in Fig. 3. The engagement-of the lower end of the legs with the inside, of the ball, as shown in Fig. 3,.causes ,the rupper '7 and free ends of the wire to spring out wardly so that the prongs or'outerendsi'of the wire engage core 13. y H y When the ball is placed .upon the holder as just described the frame is mounted upon the supporting member by. insertingthe post 25 into the bore 22 ofthe standard 21,.the

post being of smaller diameter than the bore in the standard, the supporting of the ball upon the standard being performed by the curved arms which extend over the upper rounded end of the standard.

It will be understood that when so mounted the thread may be pulled from the ball as needed and that the ball and frame will rotate upon the standard to accommodate the pull on the thread. The frictional engagement of the arms with the top of the standard is such that the ball freely moves when the thread is pulled but does not run free enough to permit the thread to be unwound faster than used thereby permitting tangles being formed in the thread.

I claim as my invention:

1. A crochet ball holder comprising a supporting member consisting of a base and a standard on the base having a central bore extending into the top of the standard; and a frame arranged to extend into and Supthe inside of the ball ,or

port said ball rotatably mounted on the base, said frame consisting of a series of wires having their inner ends united to form a post extending into the bore in the standard, each of said wires extending outwardly from said post forming curved arms rotatably engaging the upper end of said standard, said wlres being bent downwardly and upwardly from said arms forming legs having loops at their lower ends arranged to engage said,

ball, said wires termi'natingat their upper ends in outwardly extending prongs arranged to engage the interior of'said ball. a 2 Acrochet ball holder comprising a sup porting member consistingof a base and a standard on the base having a central bore extending into the top ofthe standard; and

a framearranged to extend into and support said ball rotatably mounted on the base, said frameoonsisting ofa series of wires having their inner ends united to form a post extending into the bore in the standard, each of said wires extending outwardly from said post forming curved arms rotatably elngag mg the upper end of said standard, said wires being bent to form legs engaging the inner portion of said ball at the bottom and at theftop of-said ball, 7

3. A crochet ball holder comprising a supporting'member consisting ofa base and a standard on the base having a central, bore extending into the top of the standard; and.

a frame arranged to extend into and support said ballrotatably mounted on the base. said ge the inside ofthe ball at the bottom ing upon the top of the standard, legs formed of said wires arranged to engage the lower edgeof itheinside of said ball, and prongs formed on the upper ends of said wires arranged to engage-the inside of said ball.

5. A crochet ball holder comprising a stationary standard havinga'fcentral bore, and a frame rotatably mounted on said standard, said frame consisting ofa post extending into the bore in the standard and wires extending outwardly from said post rotatahly enga ing the top of the standard and down.- ward y forming elastic 'legs engaging the lower edge of the inside of saidball the upper ends of said wires" extending out wardly to engage the upper portion of the inside of said ball. V

6. A crochet ball holder comprising a stat tionary standardhaving arentral bore, and a frame rotatably mounted on'fsaid standard, said frame consisting ofa post extending into the bore in the standard and spring members securedto said post arrangedto rotatably engage the upper end of thejstandard and having outwardly extending ends ar'ran ed'toengage the inside. of the ball.

' 7. crochetball holdercomprising'a stationary standard having a central bore, and

a frame rotatably mounted on'said stand ard, said. frame consistingfo'f a post extendinginto'the bore in the standard and elastic members secured to saidpost arranged to rotatably engage the upper end of the'sta-ndard to carry the weight of the ball thereon andhaving legs arranged to engage. the in-' side of said ball. l M

Intestimony whereof, I haveh'ereunto set my hand at'Los Angeles, Californiapthis 6th day of July, 1920. a

V v WERNER LEHMANN. 

